COMPLIMENTS   OF 


Stoddard,  Haserick,  Richards  &  Go, 


IMPORTERS  OF 


TEXTILE  MACHINERY 


AND 


EGYPTIAN  COTTON 


Jo  J|u:ctJUxb  '%'•>  - 

\   Cj   Q      --  .   - 

UCSB   LIBRARY 


INCORPORATED    JUNE  4,  I89O. 

American  Card  Clothing  Co. 

GENERAL    OFFICES:     Worcester,   Mass. 


SEND    ORDERS    TO    FACTORIES: 

Worcester,     Leicester,     North  Andover,      Lowell,      Charlotte,  N.  C.. 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,     Providence,  R.  I.      Manchester,  N.  H. 


MANUFACTURERS  OF  EVERY  DESCRIPTION  OF 

PARP1     PI    flTHIMfi   '  SURFACE,  SIDE  GROUND, 

UHnU     ULU  I  nlllU   I   PLOW  GROUND  OR  NEEDLE  POINT. 

Latest  and  Best  Machinery  for  Re-covering 
Iron  Top  Flats  for  Revolving  Flat  Cards  and 
Stationary  Flat  Cards,  with  our  Special  Im- 
proved Steel  Clips. 


Special  attention  given  to  Clothing  for  Re- 
volving Top  Cards.  Experts  furnished  to  Clothe 
and  Start  the  same. 


EXCLUSIVE  AMERICAN  LICENSEES  FOR  THE 

PATENT  FLEXIFORT  CARD  CLOTHS. 


(i) 


C.    E.    RILEY  &    CO. 

281-285  Congress  St.,  Boston,  Mass, 
COTTON,  WOOLEN  and  WORSTED 

MACHINERY. 

E-gVptian    Cotton,    Card    ClotHing',    Etc. 


SOLE  IMPORTERS  OF 

Howard    &    Bullough's    Revolving    Flat    Cards,   over   22,000   working. 

Klectric  Stop-motion  Drawing  Frames,  over  50,000  delvs.  working.     New 

Pattern  Slabbing,  Intermediate,  Roving  and   Jack    Frames,  over  10,000 

working.     Warpers  and  Slashers. 
Hall   &  Stells'   Preparing  and  Finishing  Gills,  Drawing  and  Roving  Boxes, 

Spinning  and  Twisting  Frames. 

F.   J.   Gruns'    French  system  of  Worsted  Machinery,  etc. 

Hoyle  &  Preston's  Noble  Combs,  Lister  Combs,  Back  Washing  Machines, 

Blast  Hot  Air  Wool  Drying  Machines,  Scouring  Machines. 
James  Tomlinson's  Cotton  Waste,  Mungo,  Shoddy  and  Rag  Machinery, 

Engine   Cleaning   Waste   Machines,    Hard   Waste   Breaking    Machines, 

Asbestos  Machinery,  etc. 
John   Haigh  &  Sons'   Willows,  Fearnoughts,  Woolen  and  Worsted  Cards, 

Bank,  Blamire,  Scotch  and  Hopper  Feeds,  Balling  Heads,  etc. 
Thomas   Broadbent  &  Sons'   Patent  Suspended  Direct  Steam  Driven 

Hydro-extractors. 
John  Whitely  &  Sons'   Card  Clothing,  Hardened  and  Tempered  Bright 

Steel  Wire,  Needle-pointed,  or  Plough  Ground. 

L.   M.  Tetlow  &  Sons'   Card  Clothing  for  Woolen  and  Worsted  Cards. 
John  Greenhalgh  &  Sons'   Willows  for  Opening  and  Cleaning  Cotton 

Waste,    Fly,    Strips,    Picker   Droppings,    Flocks,    Curled    Material    and 

Blanket  Manufacturers. 
Self-acting   Mules  for  Cotton,  Wool  and  Worsted. 


Patent  Yarn  Dyeing  Machines.  Patent  Automatic  Balling  Machines. 

Twisters  and  Spoolers(for  Woolen  Mills).  Tentering  and  Drying  Machines. 

Fulling  Mills.  Burr  Pickers. 

Spindles,   Flyers.          Fluted  and  Shell  Rolls. 

Grinding  Rolls.  Emery  Filleting. 

PEEL  &  CO.t  Shippers  of  Egyptian  Cotton. 


HOWARD  &  BULLOUGH, 

AMERICAN  MACHINE  COMPANY,  L«. 


PAWTUCKET,    R. 


Cotton  Machinery, 

WE    INVITE    INVESTIGATION    AND    COMPARISON. 


Bale   Breakers. 
Feeders. 

Self-Feeding  Openers. 

Breaker,   Intermediate  and 
Finisher   Lappers. 

Revolving   Flat  Cards. 
Drawing   Frames. 

Stubbing   Frames. 

Intermediate   Frames. 
Roving   Frames. 

IMPROVED   NEW  PATTERN   SPINNING   FRAMES, 

IMPROVED    TWISTERS. 


Cone  Winders. 


Warpers  and  Slashers. 


SEND   FOR  CIRCULARS  AND    LIST  OF  USERS. 


(3) 


R.   H.   DEMING.  J.   HERBERT  FOSTER. 

R.  H.  DEMING  &  CO. 
Cotton  Brokers, 

IO  So.  Water  St.,  Providence,  R.  I. 

17  Pleasant  St.,      New  Bedford,   Mass. 


Egyptian  Cotton,       Peruvian  Cotton, 
American  Cotton,  in  all  grades. 


(4) 


E.  JENCKES 
MFG.  COMPANY, 

Mill  Wire  Goods 
and  Bandings, 

PAWTUCKET,  R.  I. 


BUILDERS  OF 

Cotton  and  Worsted 
Machinery,.* 

OF  EVERY  DESCRIPTION. 

LOWELL,  MASS. 


THOROUGH    INSPECTIONS 


Insurance  against  Loss  or  Damage 

to  Property  and    Loss  of    Life 

and   Injury  to   Persons 

caused   by 

STEAM    BOILER    EXPLOSIONS 


J.  M.  ALLEN,  President. 

WM.  B.  FRANKLIN,  Vice-President. 

F.  B.  ALLEN,  Second  Vice-President. 

J.  B.  PIERCE,  Secretary. 

L.  B.  BRAINERD,  Treasurer. 

L.  F.  MIDDLEBROOK,  Ass't  Secretary. 


NORTHEASTERN  DEPARTMENT, 

C.  E.  ROBERTS,  Manager. 
125  Milk  Street,       -        -        BOSTON. 


(6) 


NEW  BEDFORD,  MASS. 


BRIEF    HISTORY, 


TEXTILE  SCHOOL,  INDUSTRIES,  ETC. 


PUBLISHED    OFFICIALLY    THROUGH    THE 
BOARD    OF    TRADE. 


I9OO-I9OI. 


COMPILED   AND   COPYRIGHTED    1901, 
C.    H.    MOULTON. 


The  Metallic  Drawing  Roll  Go, 

SOLE    MANUFACTURERS  OF 

PATENT          i 
METALLIC  ROLLS     I 

Especially    Adapted    for    Cotton     Mills. 


Twenty-five  to  thirty-three  per  cent  more  production  guaranteed 
than  can  be  received  from  any  leather  roll,  whether  shell  or  solid, 
rolls  being  same  diameter  and  running  same  speed. 

Applied  to  any  make  of  machine,  new  or  old,  and  successfully 
on  the  following  Carding  Room  Machinery  : 

Coiler  Railways.  Drawing  Frames,  with  Electrical 

Sliver  Lap  Machines.      or  Mechanical  Stop  Motion. 
Comber  Draw  Box.          Slubbers. 

Intermediate  Frames. 


Write  for  prices  and  particulars  to 

THE  METALLIC  DRAWING  ROLL  COMPANY, 

Indian  Orchard,   Mass. 

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CONTENTS. 


PAGES. 

BOARD  OF  TRADE,  i^  ijt  I0. 

CITY  OFFICERS,  SENATORS,  REPRESENTATIVES,    -  n,  13,  21,  23,  25 

HISTORY,  even  pages,  54  to  68  (inclusive) 

INDEX  TO  ADVERTISERS,     •  see  last  pages 

TEXTILE  STATISTICS,  (see  History) 

"         INDUSTRIES,  -   odd  pages,  7 1  to  89  (inclusive) 

"        SCHOOL,  "        "      91  "  1 15          " 


TITLE  PAGE 


.7 


VIEWS,  CITY,  MISCELLANEOUS,  ETC.,  odd  pages,  27  to  69  (inclusive) 


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C.   S.   ASHLKY. 


S.   D.  PEIRCfc. 


ASHLEY  &  PEIRCE, 

LEADING 

Clothiers  and  Hatters 


72   and   74  WILLIAM  STREET, 


NEW   BEDFORD, 


MASS. 


International  Shirt  and  Collar  Co. 

41  KINGSTON  STREET, 
JAMES  HILL,  Manager.  BOSTON 


Hon.  CHARLES  S.  ASHLEY,   Mayor. 


THE  BENJAMIN  F,  SMITH  GO, 

Mill  Builders 


AND 


General  Contractors, 

Office,    22     MASON    STREET, 

PAWTUCKET,     R-     I. 


Guilders    of    the    Whitman,    Grinnell  •&    Soule    Mills. 


BARBOUR-STOCKWELL  GO,, 

TRACK     MATERIAL 

...FOR... 
STREET    RAILWAYS. 

General  Machinists  and  Iron  Founders, 


SEWER   CASTINGS. 


Office  and  Works: 


No,   205   BROADWAY,  GAMBRIDGEPORT,  MASS, 


Hon.  RUFUS  A.  SOULE:   President  Senate,  1901. 


SURETY    BONDS. 


Experience    and  the  Daily    Papers    should  teach 
everybody  never  to  give  or  accept  a  personal    bond. 


A1TLY    TO    THK 


Fidelity  and  Deposit  Company  of  Maryland, 

OBRION  &  RUSSELL,  Resident  Managers, 

108     \ASATER      ST.,     BOSTOIM. 

J.   F.   HOYE,  Agent  at  New   Bedford. 

ESTABLISHED  J86J.  INCORPORATED  J894. 

HOLMES  &  BLANCHARD  GO,, 

Manufacturers  of  Machinery 

.  .  .  FOR  .  .  . 

CrusHing',      Grinding',      Granulating', 
Pulverizing',     Mixing',     Screening', 
Conveying',     Elevating'. 

MILLWRIGHTS,  MACHINISTS  AND  MILL  FURNISHERS, 
36  to  39  Charlestown  St.,  BOSTON. 

AMERICAN  LOAN  AND  TRUST  COMPANY, 

BOSTON,     IVIASS- 

CAPITAL, $I,OOO,OOO 

SURPLUS  EARNINGS,      -       -  8OO.OOO 

A  legal  Depository  of  moneys  paid  into  Court  and  for  Administrators,  Executors, 
Guardians  and  Trustees. 

INTEREST    ALLOWED    ON    DEPOSITS. 
Trustee  under  Mortgages,  Transfer  Agent,  and  Registrar  of  Stocks  and  Bonds 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS  :  S.  E.  Peabody,  Chairman  ;  C.  F.  Adams,  2d,  Hobart 
Ames,  Edwin  F.  Atkins,  Isaac  T.  Burr,  Samuel  Carr,  F.  Gordon  Dexter, 
N.  W.  Jordon,  David  P.  Kimball,  Francis  Peabody,  Jr.,  Albert  A.  Pope, 
N.  W.  Rice,  R.  E.  Robbins,  Philip  L.  Saltonstal. 

N.  W.  JORDAN,  President.  C.  H.  BOWEN,  Secretary 

E.  A.  COFFIN,  Treasurer.  G.  W.  AURYANSEN,  Asst.  Sec. 

(M) 


BOARD  OF  TRADE  BUILDING. 


WILLIAM  FIRIH  FREDERICK  GRINNELL,  FRANK  B.  COMINS 

Presioent  Vice-President.  Tieasurer. 


AMERICAN 

inu 

BOSTON,    MASS. 

Office,  Equitable  Building,  150  Devonshire  St. 

Highest  Award  on  the  Recommendation  of  the 
FRANKLIN    INSTITUTE  for 

"SIMPLICITY  and  ORIGINALITY  Of  DESIGN" 

CORRESPOND  WITH  US  AND  LEARN  WHAT  OUR  SYSTEM  OF 

AIR-MOISTENING 

HAS  ACCOMPLISHED. 


The  "Drosophore"  and " Vortex"  Humidifiers 

Have  been  most  advantageously  adopted  by  the  representative  mills  of  this 
country.  Our  system  will  increase  your  production  and  overcome  troublesome 
electricity,  making  your  carding  run  much  better.  It  will  reduce  your  waste 
account,  and  generally  prove  a  profitable  investment.  With  our  system  a  perfect 
SPINNING  or  WKAV1NG  atmosphere  in  any  climate  or  weather  is  assured,  and 
any  degree  of  humidity  is  obtainable.  Will  cool  the  air  in  hot  weather  and  warm 
it  in  cold  weather.  Purifies  the  air  and  makes  it  liealthier  for  the  workpeople. 

Legal  proceedings  will  at  once  be  taken  against 
infringers  and  users  of  infringements. 

Specifications  furnished  for  any  desired  equipment.  State  size 
and  construction  of  rooms,  how  heated  and  lighted,  or  if  the  whole  or  a  part  of  the 
room  is  to  be  moistened,  also  the  nature  of  the  work,  and  whether  the  machinery 
is  driven  from  belts  in  the  room  or  from  below. 

The  "Aerophor"  Dampener, 

Especially   Constructed  for  Finishing  Works,  Paper  Mills,  Etc.,  Etc. 


CHARLES  F    SHAW, 

President  Boaid  of  Trade, 

1900  1901. 


GEO.  R.  PHILLIPS. 

Sec'y-Treas.   Board  of  Trade. 

1900-1901. 


The  New  England  Telephone  and  Telegraph  Go, 

supplies  telephone  service  in  the  States  of  Maine,  New  Hampshire, 
Vermont  and  Massachusetts. 

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cities  and  larger  towns  of  these  States  is  continuous  and  is  avail- 
able day  and  night,  Sundays  and  Holidays  all  the  year  round. 

The  toll  rates  are  based  on  the  distance  covered  and  are 
approximately  as  follows  :  — 


For  a  distance  of 
5  miles  or  less 
5  to   15  miles 


15 
25 
35 
45 
55 
65 
75 


.10 
.15 

.20 
.25 
.30 
.35 
.40 
.45 
.50 


Charges  for 
greater    distances 

in  the 
same  ratio. 


A  Three  Minute  Conservation  will  comprise  at 
least  3OO  Words. 

The  Telephone  is  supplanting  other  means  of  communication 
because  it  is  cheaper  considering  what  can  be  accomplished  and 
more  satisfactory  in  every  way. 


EXECUTIVE  OFFICES: 
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BOSTON. 


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BOARD  OF  TRADE, 

I9OO-I9OI. 


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CHARLES  S.   KELLY,  .       .   First  Vice-President 

WM.  A.   ROBINSON,  ..       Second  Vice-President 

GEO.    R.    PHILLIPS,    .  .        .     Secretary-Treasurer 


(19) 


EASTERN  DRUG  CO, 

IMPORTERS  AND 
WHOLESALE  DRUGGISTS. 


JOBBERS  OF 

Patent  Medicines,    Druggists'   Sundries,   Chemicals, 
Essential  Oils,  Wines  and   Liquors. 


8  to  2O  FULTON  STREET,  BOSTON. 


Telephone   451,    Oxford. 


HALE,  GALLOUP    &    CO., 

DEALERS   IN 

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^^M   LMM  ^^^»     III     ft^^H    I       m  SDGCicll"tV 

PYLE'S   PATENT  LEATHER. 

Bellies,    Roundings,    Rough  Splits,   Heel   Stock,  &c. 

63    and    65    SOUTH    STREET,     BOSTOW. 

Cable  Address,  "Bradoil  Boston."  Long  Distance  Telephone  1373. 

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The  Kehew-Bradley  Company 

FACTORY,  SALEM,  MASS. 
EDWARD  E.  AI.I.EN,  Pres.  EDWARD  O.  SECCUNB,  Treas 

Office,    24    PURCHASE   STREET,     BOSTON, 

•***  Lubricating  Oils  SIS, 

ALSO 

POTATOE    and    CORN    STARCH. 

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Rep.  WILLIAM  J.  BULLOCK. 


Rep.  JOHN  E.  O'NEILL. 


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WILLIAM  E.  HATCH    Supt.  of  Schoo's. 


CHARLES  J.  McGUIRK,  City  Auditor. 


H.     A.     PHINNEY, 


DEALER  IN 

Jtnil  all  kinds  of  Sole,  Heel  and 
Stiffening  Stock. 

234    and    236     PURCHASE    STREET, 

TELEPHONE  CONNECTION.  BOSTON. 

.   COMPLIMENTS  . 

The  Cornelius  Callahan  Co. 

Fire    Department  Supplies, 

127    PURCHASE   ST., 

BOSTON. 


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BOSTON. 


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SOLE   OWNERS   OF   FOREST  RIVER  WHITE  LEAD    WORKS,  SALEM,  MASS. 

GEORGE  J.   HOPKINS  ESTATE, 

Leather  Dealer, 

253    PURCHASE    STREET,    BOSTON,    MASS. 


Inner    Sole,    Stiffening   and    Heel    Stock, 
Flexible  and  Rf.  Splits,  Etc. 

ESTABLISHED  1859.  FRED'K  G.  HOPKINS,  Manager. 


HENRY  W.  MASON,  Chief  of  Police.  FREDERICK  MACY,  Chief  of  Fire  Dept. 


ROBT    C    P.  COGGESHALL,  Supt.  Wa*er  Board.  \   J.  ARTHUR  TAYLOR  Supt.  House  of  Correction. 


Compliments 

Allen  P.  Soule, 

Boston. 


CHAPMAN  VALVE  MFG.  CO. 

INDIAN  ORCHARD,  MASS,,  U.  S.  A, 


GATE  VALVES  FOR  ALL  PURPOSES 

AND 

IN  ALL  SIZES. 


FIRE  HYDRANTS. 


C.  t'.  BURDEN.  K.  B.  REMINGTON. 

BORDEN  &  REMINGTON, 

FALL     RIVER,     MASS. 

Manufacturers' Supplies 

LUBRICATING  OILS  OF  ALL  KINDS, 

Corn,  Wheat  and   Potato  Starches. 

Burlaps  and   Bale  Rope. 

Paints,    Oils   and    Varnishes, 

Drugs  and  Chemicals. 

FROST  &  ADAMS  CO. 

IMPORTERS    AND    DEALERS    IN 

ARTISTS'    MATERIALS 

OF     EVERY     DESCRIPTION. 

Mathematical    Instruments,     Etching 

Materials,   Tapestry    Canvas, 

Colors,    Etc. 

37    CORNHILL,        .        .        .        BOSTON. 

THOMAS  A.  ENNIS.  ESTABLISHED  1885.  CHAS.  F.  STOI-FANI. 


NEW     YORK,  BOSTON,    MASS., 

34   New  St.  3O  Kilby  St. 

TELEPHONE,  560  BROAD.  TFLEPHONE,  2540  MAIN. 

4478      " 
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ARNOLD,  HOFFMAN  &  GO,  Inc. 

IMPORTERS,  JOBBERS  AND.  MANUFACTURERS  OF 

Indigo,  Dye  Stuffs,  Chemicals, 

PROVIDENCE,   NEW   YORK,   BOSTON 
AND    PHILADELPHIA. 

EDWARD  E.  ARNOLD,  Pres.  „  WILLIAM  H.  HOFFMAN,  Treas. 

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190  Union  Street,  New  Bedford, 


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CARTER,  CARTER  &  MEIGS, 


'P 

BOSTON. 


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NEW  BEDFORD  is  always  pleased  at  an  opportunity  to  adver- 
tise the  fact  that  she  leads  all  other  cities  in  the  United 
States  in  the  manufacture  of  fine  cotton  goods  and  cotton  yarn. 
Her  past  is  so  fascinating  that  many  people  never  get  beyond  it. 
They  are  absorbed  in  her  romantic  history,  her  unique  industry, 
the  whale  fishery,  and  the  splendid  days  when  the  infant  village 
lay  in  a  sea-rocked  cradle. 

New  Bedford  was  admired  from  the  very  first.  Bartholomew 
Gosnold  came  in  1602  and  brought  with  him  a  journalist,  who 
described  the  bay  in  words  which  ?.re  nearly  as  true  today  as  they 
were  three  hundred  years  ago.  "  Stately  groves,  flowering 
meadows  and  running  brooks,"  he  said,  "  afford  delightful  enter- 
tainment." Twenty  years  after  the  arrival  of  the  Mayflower  at 
Plymouth,  the  dwellers  in  that  colony  began  to  look  with  covetous 
eyes  upon  the  pleasant  land  which  had  charmed,  Gosnold  and  in 
1652,  they  acquired  this  territory  by  purchase.  Some  time  prior 
to  1711,  Joseph  Russell  came  here  and  resided  at  what  is  now  the 
corner  of  County  and  South  Streets.  The  third  Joseph  in  this 
line  established  the  whale  fishery  at  this  port  and  built  the  first 
sperm  oil  factory  here. 

The  village  remained  an  agricultural  community  for  many 
years.  A  half  century  passed  after  the  first  Joseph  Russell  located 
here,  before  there  were  signs  of  industrial  life.  Then  in  1760, 
John  Loudon,  a  caulker,  came  from  Pembroke  to  engage  in  the 
building  of  ships,  and  the  foundation  of  New  Bedford's  mechanical 
industries  was  laid.  In  1765,  Joseph  Rotch  came  from  Nantucket 


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and  prosecuted  the  whale  fishery  with  such  vigor  that  it  gave  the 
place  a  great  impetus. 

Up  to  this  time  the  village  had  no  distinctive  name.  Upon  a 
public  occasion  Joseph  Rotch  suggested,  and  the  suggestion  was 
adopted,  that  the  name  should  be  "  Bedford,"  in  honor  of  Joseph 
Russell,  who  bore  the  family  name  of  the  Duke  of  Bedford. 
It  was  subsequently  called  New  Bedford,  to  distinguish  it  from 
another  Bedford  in  this  country,  and  not  to  distinguish  it  from 
Bedford  in  England,  as  is  popularly  supposed. 

Prosperity  came  to  the  thrifty  and  industrious  village,  but  the 
Revolution  destroyed  the  pleasing  anticipations  in  which  the 
people  had  indulged.  Whaling  was  ruined  and  the  Quaker  blood 
prohibited  a  general  engagement  in  privateering.  The  harbor 
became  a  noted  rendezvous  for  privateers,  however,  and  one  Sep- 
tember afternoon  in  1778,  between  four  and  five  thousand  British 
regulars  were  landed,  and  marched  up  County  Street,  burning  the 
houses  as  they  went.  They  likewise  destroyed  the  shipping  at  the 
wharves.  "  While  thy  sister  Philadelphia  was  dancing  in  the 
arms  of  Howe's  officers,"  one  appreciative  writer  has  picturesquely 
expressed  it,  "  Earl  Grey's  storm  of  iron  was  pelting  on  thy  head, 
and,  when  the  rest  of  us  slept  and  waked  in  all  security  from  the 
armies  of  our  hot-headed  brethren  in  the  sixties,  New  Bedford 
was  strewing  her  wealth  in  ashes  o-vjer  the  Pacific  and  carrying  the 
flag  she  loved  down  deep  into  the  heart-of  the  seas,  to  make  the 
depths  beautiful  with  it." 

In  1787,  New  Bedford  was  set  apart  from  the  town  of  Dartmouth 
and  in  1847  it  was  incoporated  as  a  city.  So  much  for  the  history 
of  the  city. 


Fifty  years  ago  the  whaleships  owned  in  New  Bedford  would 
have  made  a  line  ten  miles  in  length.  The  whaleboats  which  they 
carried  would  have  extended  six  miles  if  strung  out  in  a  line  and 
there  were  10,000  strong  sailors  to  man  them. 


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Nos.    82    and    84    Union     Street, 

NEW     BEDFORD,     MASS. 


The  fleet  at  that  time  numbered  329  ships,  valued  at  more  than 
$12,000,000  and  the  prices  realized  from  the  catch  in  the  year  1851 
was  $10,042,537.81.  The  war  carried  dismay  into  our  whaling 
fleets  as  early  as  1862,  but  the  great  loss  occurred  in  1865,  when 
the  Shenancloah  entered  Behring  Strait,  and  captured  and  burned 
twenty-five  ships.  Fifty  vessels  in  all  were  taken.  In  1871,  thirty- 
three  ships  were  crushed  in  the  Acrtic,  in  1876,  twelve  ships  were 
abandoned,  and  in  1888,  five  were  lost  off  Point  Barrow. 

From  natural  causes  the  whale  fishery  began  to  decline  before 
some  of  these  disasters  occurred.  The  discovery  of  mineral  oils 
made  it  necessary  for  the  people  to  meet  new  conditions  and  they 
attacked  the  problem  of  the  future  with  faith  and  courage.  They 
tinned  away  from  the  sea  singing  in  the  spirit  of  Kipling's  jolly 
mariners 

"  The  war  is  done  between  us, 

In  the  deep  the  Lord  hath  seen  us  ; 

Our  bones  we'll  leave  the  barracout, 

And  God  may  sink  the  sea." 


And  now  we  come  to  another  era,  wherein  New  Bedford  made  the 
shore  her  vassal  as  she  had  made  the  sea. 

Possibly  not  another  cotton  factory  on  the  globe  has  sent  the 
renown  of  its  name  into  so  many  homes  in  so  many  widely 
separated  parts  of  the  world  as  the  Wamsutta  Mills.  Yet  when 
this  magnificent  enterprise  was  first  mooted,  a  noted  cotton  manu- 
facturer of  another  city  remarked  in  a  semi-sarcastic  way,  that  he 
'would  write  the  history  of  the  Wamsutta  Mills  and  put  it  in  his 
vest  pocket."  His  waistcoat  would  now  wear  a  bulge  which  would 
make  him  a  mark  for  pickpockets. 

In  the  forties,  Dwight  Perry,  who  was  from  Fairhaven,  had  a 
small  cotton  mill  in  one  of  the  Southern  States.  Thomas  Bennett, 
Jr.,  a  young  man  from  Fairhaven,  was  also  employed  in  the  mill, 
and  foreseeing,  perhaps,  something  of  the  stupendous  future  of  the 


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cotton  industry  in  America,  he  became  desirous  of  being  at  the 
head  of  an  enterprise  of  his  own.  Not  having  sufficient  capital  at 
command,  he  came  to  New  Bedford,  where  he  hoped  to  raise 
funds. 

Joseph  Grinnell  was  at  the  time  a  member  of  Congress.  He 
was  appealed  to  for  aid  and  influence.  Mr.  Grinnell  at  first 
favored  establishing  the  factory  in  the  South.  But  as  he  con- 
sidered the  subject  he  became  satisfied  that  this  was  not  the  better 
plan.  Perhaps  he  looked  forward  to  the  time,  then  unthought  of, 
when  the  whale  fishery  would  no  longer  be  an  outlet  of  enterprise. 
Perhaps  the  mutterings  of  the  coming  deadly  struggle  over  the 
question  of  slavery  influenced  him  to  look  with  disfavor  on  the 
South  as  a  field  for  the  investment  of  northern  capital.  At  all 
events  he  finally  asked,  "  Why  not  locate  the  mill  in  New  Bedford?" 
and  answered  the  question  by  insisting  that  it  must  be  in  New  Bed- 
ford if  he  was  to  aid  it.  Thus  it  came  to  pass  that  the  Wamsutta 
cotton  mill  was  located  here.  It  was  not  easy  work  to  secure 
subscriptions  to  the  capital  stock,  however,  although  the  total 
amount  desired  was  but  $160,000.  The  original  subscription  list, 
short  as  it  is,  reveals  something  of  the  doubt  with  which  the  plan 
was  regarded.  Most  of  the  subscriptions  were  for  small  amounts, 
made  evidently  to  help  the  scheme  along  through  friendship  for  the 
proprietors.  The  capital  was  not  raised  until  1846.  It  has  been 
increased  from  time  to  time  until  it  is  now  $3,000,000  and  there  are 
seven  mills  in  the  group. 

It  was  the  success  of  this  enterprise  which  led  to  the  building  of 
other  mills.  The  Potomska  mills  were  next  built.  Then  came  the 
Grinnell  and  the  Acushnet  and  in  1883  the  New  Bedford  Manu- 
facturing Company  made  a  new  departure,  building  a  mill  for  the 
manufacture  of  cotton  yarns.  This  led  to  the  building  of  the 
I  lowland  and  Rotch  mills  in  the  southwest  part  of  the  city,  an 
ambitious  scheme  which  involved  the  building  of  a  group  of 
modern  factory  dwellings  for  the  operatives.  Then  a  number  of 
splendid  mills  for  the  manufacture  of  fine  grades  of  cotton  goods 


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o 


were  built,  and  the  total  capital  in  cotton  mills  is  now  $19,589,000 
and  the  number  of  spindles  is  1,369,380,  distributed  as  follows: 

Capital.  Spindles. 

Acushnet  Mills    ......         $500,000  105,000 

Beacon  Mfg.  Co.           ......             60,000  'tj^o 

Bristol  Mfg.  Co.  .         .         .                  .         .           500,000  50,000 

City  Mfg.  Co.       .          .         .         .         .          .            750,000  65,000 

Cornell  Stocking  Co.  ,  29,000 

Dartmouth  Mfg.  Co.    .          .         .                   .            600,000  65,000 

Grinnell  Mfg.  Co.         .    .     ,                   .         .         1,000,000  107,000 

Hathaway  Mfg.  Co.     .        '.         ,                  .           800,000  102,000 
N.  E.  Cotton  Yarn  Co.,  Common         .          .         5,000,000 

N.  E.  Cotton  Yarn  Co.,  Preferred       .         .        5,000,000  375,000 

Pierce  Mfg.  Co.   .         .         .         .                  .           600,000  100,000 

Potomska  Mills 1,200,000  104,000 

\VamsuttaMills.      •  .         ,         ,        .         .        3,000,000  231,000 

Whitman  Mills    .          .         .                   ,         »           550,000  64,000 


$19,589,000       1,369,380 

The  total  dividends  paid  by  these  corporations  last  year  aggre- 
gated $1,114,750. 

Other  large  manufacturing  corporations  are  the  Morse  Twist 
Drill  and  Machine  Co.,  the  Pairpoint  Manufacturing  Company, 
which  manufactures  silver  plated  ware  and  glass,  the  New  Bedford 
Copper  Company,  the  New  Bedford  Cordage  Company,  the 
Hathaway,  Soule  &  Harrington  Co.  Incorp.,  manufacturers  of 
men's  shoes,  the  Rhodes  Eyelet  factory,  the  Lambeth  Rope  Com- 
pany, the  Popes  Island  Manufacturing  Company,  manufacturers  of 
metals,  T.  M.  Denham  &  Co.,  manufacturers  of  shirts,  the  Weeden 
Manufacturing  Co.,  the  largest  manufacturers  of  steam  toys  in  the 
country,  George  L.  Brownell,  manufacturers  of  hearses  and 
carriages,  beside  paint  manufacturers,  glass  cutting  establishments, 
and  oil  and  candle  factories.  The  Soule  mill,  to  be  commenced 
this  spring,  will  be  equipped  with  60,000  spindles  for  the  manu- 
facture of  fine  cotton  goods. 


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The  population  of  the  city,  by  the  census  of  1900,  was  62,440,  a 
gain  of  fifty-three  per  cent  since  the  census  ten  years  previously. 
Only  one  other  city  in  New  England  made  a  larger  gain  in  this 
period.  The  banking  facilities  are  unusual,  the  national  bank- 
ing capital  being  about  $3,000,000,  with  deposits  and  surplus  of 
$4,500,000,  while  the  deposits  in  the  local  savings  banks  aggregate 
$21,000,000.  There  are  two  co-operative  banks,  with  an  authorized 
capital  of  $2,000,000. 

It  is  a  source  of  especial  pride  to  the  business  men  of  New  Bed- 
ford that  it  has  not  been  dependent  upon  the  capital  of  non-resi- 
dents. As  our  centennial  orator  expressed  it,  our  wealth  was 
"drawn  up  from  the  broad  fields  of  the  ocean  with  much  toil  and 
manifold  dangers,  with  perils  from  the  ice  and  fogs  and  storms  of 
frozen  regions  and  exposure  and  diseases  under  the  hot  burning 
sun  of  the  equator.  It  has  been  a  creation  of  wealth  by  the  skill 
of  the  merchant  and  the  hardy  daring  of  the  sailor  and  riot  a  mere 
exchange  of  wealth." 

That  the  people  of  New  Bedford,  after  making  the  city  the 
greatest  whale  oil  market  of  the  world  took  up  a  new  industry 
when  commercial  New  England  yielded  to  manufacturing  New 
England,  and  reached  the  topmost  position  in  another  great  field 
is  without  a  parallel  in  this  or  any  other  country.  There  was  a 
manifestation  of  spirit,  well  directed  enterprise  and  persevering 
industry  which  has  astonished  the  world. 

The  ability  of  this  typical  New  England  city  to  keep  up  with  a 
changing  world  commanded  the  attention  of  Thomas  B.  Reed,  who 
expressed  his  sentiments  in  striking  phrase.  Alluding  to  the  fact 
hat  when  its  sturdy  people  could  no  longer  roam  the  seas,  con- 
quering its  hugest  monster,  they  made  the  spindles  whirl  with  suc- 
cessful life  on  shore,  he  wrote  — 

"  The  earth  has  got  to  be  very  shifty  to  get  out  of  the  grasp  of 
a  people  equally  at  home  on  land  or  water." 


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The  charm  of  New  Bedford  as  a  dwelling  place  is  a  subject 
which  calls  for  enthusiastic  words. 

The  city  lies  between  green  pastures  and  still  waters.  It  rises 
from  the  sea  with  the  elevation  cf  conscious  pride.  It  is  built  upon 
hillside  and  hilltop  and  crowned  with  long  lines  of  magnificent 
elms  w  hich  the  fathers  planted. 

The  visitor  who  arrives  at  the  railroad  station  and  comes  to  the 
centre  of  the  city  might  wander  about  for  hours  without  encounter- 
ing factories  or  a  factory  population.  The  reason  is  found  in  the 
fact  that  New  Bedford  was  a  city  of  residences  before  it  was  a  man- 
ufacturing city  and  when  the  mills  came  they  were  forced  upon  the 
outskirts. 

County  street  is  famous  for  its  patrician  residences,  built  in  the 
days  of  substantial,  stately  architecture.  "  Nowhere  in  America," 
wrote  Melville  many  years  ago,  "  will  you  find  more  opulent  homes 
than  in  New  Bedford,  and  all  these  brave  houses  and  flowery 
gardens  came  from  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  oceans.  One  and  all 
they  were  harpooned  and  dragged  up  thither  from  the  bottom  of 
the  sea."  In  the  intelligence  and  moral  development  of  a  people 
we  find  the  evidences  of  greatness.  So  we  do  well  to  call  attention 
to  a  splendid  public  school  system,  liberally  supported,  to  the  Free 
Public  Library,  the  first  organized  on  this  continent  under  muni- 
cipal sanction,  numerous  well-sustained  churches,  many  organiza- 
tions of  philanthrophy  and  reform  such  as  St.  Luke's  Hospital,  the 
Union  for  Good  Works,  the  V.  M.  C.  A.,  the  Orphan's  Home,  and 
an  active  Board  of  Trade.  There  is  an  adequate  fire  department, 
a  magnificent  water  works  system  which  provides  water  for  manu- 
facturing purposes  at  a  lower  rate  than  any  other  city  in  the 
United  States.  The  city  has  been  liberal  in  its  street  and  sewer 
expenditures,  there  are  electric  car  lines  running  to  Onset  and  the 
Cape,  to  Fall  River,  to  Dartmouth,  to  Middleboro  and  Brockton 
by  way  of  the  lakes,  and  lines  of  steamboats  making  daily  trips  to 
Marthas  Vineyard,  Nantucket,  Nonquitt,  Cuttyhunk  and  the 
famous  summer  resorts  about  Buzzards  Bay.  The  prevailing 


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summer  wind  from  the  southwest,  blows  athwart  the  sea,  and 
brings  a  cool  refreshment.  The  city  maintains  a  number  of  delightful 
parks  and  the  four  mile  drive  around  Clark's  Point,  a  boulevard 
eighty  feet  wide,  with  a  panorama  of  bay  and  river  on  one  hand, 
and  the  shore  upon  the  other  is  a  great  attraction.  There  are  social 
clubs  and  a  yacht  club,  attractively  housed,  and  finally  the  homes, 
after  the  best  methods  of  New  England  life,  combine  to  make 
our  city  worthy  the  best  affection  and  the  constant  effort  of  its 
loyal  people  for  its  prosperity  and  peace. 

"  New  Bedford  !  "  wrote  Robert  J.  Burdette,  the  other  day.  "Ah, 
what  a  history  !  The  schoolboy  in  Ari/.ona  loves  it  and  is  thrilled 
by  it  and  inspired  by  it,  even  as  his  fellow  in  the  Massachusetts 
district  school.  We  know  thy  works  and  charity,  and  service  and 
faith,  and  thy  patience  and  thy  works,  and  the  last  to  be  more 
than  the  first." 


(68) 


FAIRHAVEN     BRIDGE. 


Steel    Work    Furnished    and    Erected    by 

AMERICAN    BRIDGE   COMPANY, 

89  State  St.,   Boston,   Mass. 


(69) 


The  Best  is  the  Cheapest. 

It  is  BETTER  and  CHEAPER  to  wind 
yarn  by  the  "Universal"  system  before 
shipment  from  the  mill,  thus  insuring 
perfect  delivery  to  knitting  machines  with* 
out  rewinding. 


Universal    Winding    Co., 

F.     H.     BISHOP,     Manager. 

95  South  Street,     .      .      Boston,   Mass. 


JAMES  HILL  MFG.  GO. 

Manufacturers  of 

ROVING  CANS. 


THE  VULCAN   CAN. 

BODY.     Vulcanized  Fibre. 

SIDE    SEAM.      Riveted     with     patent 

Clinched  Rivets. 
RINGS.     Tinned    steel,     Braised    joints, 

Curled  edges. 
BOTTOM.      IXXX  Tin  Star  Corrugation, 

fastened    without    the     use    of    nails    or 

screws;  will  not  crack,  warp    or  shrink 

and  cannot  come  out. 
FINISH.       Coated    inside    and    out    with 

moisture-proof    coating,    handsome     and 

smooth. 
WEIGHT.     About  one-half  pound  per  inch 

diameter. 
SIZE.      All  cans  to  an  exact  size,  perfectly 

round  and  true. 
DURABILITY.       Superior    to    any    other 

can. 


Also,  Manufacturers  of 

HILL'S  IMPROVED  IXXX  TIN  and  GALVANIZED  IRON 

ROVING  CANS. 

PROVIDENCE,    R.   I. 

(70) 


Textile  Department 


FOR  DESCRIPTION,  SEE  HISTORY  PAGES. 


JEFFREY  HAZARD,  Pres.  L.  H.  HAZARD,  Treas. 

«3t  <£  tit 

HAZARD    COTTON    COMPANY, 

PROVIDENCE,   R.   I. 

Commission  Merchants. 


COTTON     LANDED  AT    MILLS    FROM     ALL    POINTS 
SOUTH,   AND    FROM    EGYPT. 


C  B  Trowbridge.  E.  R.  Trowbridge.  H.  0.  Potter. 

J* 

D.    REMINGTON    &   SON, 

Cotton  Brokers, 

4  SOUTH  WATER  STREET, 

PROVIDENCE,  R,  I, 

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ii 


A.    W.    HARRIS    OIL    CO 


MANUFACTURERS  OF 


Valve  Oil  for    Internal 
And   Engine  Oil    for    External 

Lubrication  of 

High  Pressure,  Surface 

Condensing    and    Compound 

Engines. 

326  and  328  SOUTH  WATER  ST.,  PROVIDENCE,  R,  I, 


IO7   Foster  St.,  Worcester,    Mass. 

4O8   Exchange    Building,   Boston,   Mass. 


J.    W.    BISHOP    CO. 

General  Contractors, 

PROVIDENCE,  R.  I. 


417   Butler  Exchange,   Providence,   R.   I. 

34  Canada   Life   Building,   Montreal,    P.   Q. 


Heavy  Steam  Engine  Repairing.  Boring  Large  Cylinders  and  Valves. 

Also  Steel  Rolls,  Flyers  and  Pressers. 
Loom  Cranks,  Round  or  Flat  Arm,  Finished  or  in  the  Rough. 


FYANS,  FRASER  &  BLAGKWAY  GO. 

Headquarters  for  Cold  Rolled  Shafting  and     IV  /I  ._     —  I—  * ;  _  j_  , 

Power  Transmission,  also  I V I  3  C  M     HlStS 

Steel  Beams  and  Structural  Iron.  MVM.  '      '    il«Jl-«a, 

Shop:     83-95    ANAWAN    STREET, 


Telephone  Connections.  FALL     RIVER,    MASS. 

(74) 


PROVIDENCE  MACHINE  CO 


MANUFACTURERS  OF 


Cotton  Roving  frames 


564    EDDY   STREET, 


PROVIDENCE,     R.     I. 


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CYRUS  G.  REERE.  FREDERIC  REEBE. 


LUCIUS    BEEBE    &   COMPANY, 

Dealers  in  Cotton. 

AMERICAN. 

EGYPTIAN  89  STATE  STREET, 

(Fiske   Building), 
PERUVIAN. 

BOSTON. 


SALEM  FOUNDRY  and  MACHINE  SHOP 

BELT-HAND  AND  ELECTRIC 


CHAS.     F.    CURWEN,    Proprietors, 

SALEM,  MASS. 

FRANCIS  \V.  REYNOLDS.  DANIEL  J.  SULLY. 


F.  W.  REYNOLDS  &  CO. 

,„  Gotten  Brokers  ,„ 

34    SOUTH     WATER    STREET, 


PROVIDENCE,   R.   I. 


.Representing  Wm.  Getty  &  Co.,  Alexandria,  Egypt. 

Cable  Address,  "Reynolds." 


(78) 


GEO.  R.  BABBITT, Pres't  and  Gen'l  Manager.         J.  C.  DAVIS,  Treas 
Formerly  Supt.  Harris-Corliss  Engine  Company. 


AMERICAN  OIL  Co. 

:RS  OF  HIGH  GRADE 

Lubricating  Oils 


MANUFACTURERS  OF  HIGH  GRADE 

Cylinder,    Engine 
and   Machinery 


DYNAMO  SCREW  CUTTING  WOOL  LOOM  AND  SPiNDLE  OILS. 
BELT  DRESSING  AND  GREASE  COMPOUNDS. 


180-182    SO.    WATER    ST.,    PROVIDENCE,    R.    I. 

NATIONAL  RING 
TRAVELER    CO., 


MAKERS  OF 


Spinning  ^Twisting  Travelers 

PROVIDENCE,   R.   I. 


Boston  &  Philadelphia  Steamship  Co. 

ALFRED  H'INSOR,  President.  K.  B.  SAMPSOX.  (',<•„.  Manager. 

H.J.JERNEGA.V,  Gen'?  Freight  Agent. 

General  Offices:  89  STATE  STREET.  BOSTON.  MASS. 

First-class    Steamers    with     Unsurpassed     Freight    and 
Passenger  Accommodations. 

Leave  Philadelphia. — For  Boston  every  Monday,  Wednesday  and 
Friday,  3.00  p.m.  For  FALL  RIVF.R  and  PROVIDt-  NCE  every  Wednesday 
and  Saturday,  12  noon.  Direct  connection  made  and  through  freight  rates  given 
to  all  points  in  New  England. 

Leave  for  Philadelphia. — From  BOSTON  every  Tuesday,  Thurs- 
day and  Saturday,  3.00  p.m.  From  PROVIDENCE  every  Wednesday  and 
Saturday,  stopping  at  FALL  RIVER,  3.00  p.m.  Connections  made  at  Philadel- 
phia for  Southern  points,  and  with  the  Pennsylvania  R.  R.  for  all  Western  points, 
and  for  points  on  the  Philadelphia  &  Reading  Ry. 

DELIGHTFUL    SEA    VOYAGE. 

Fare  between  Philadelphia  and  Boston,  $IO.OO 
(time,  40  hours);  Excursion  $18. OO,  including  Meals  and  Berth.  Fall 
River  and  Providence  line  does  not  carry  passengers. 

Geo.  C.  Eckhart,  A  gent,  338  S.  Delaware  Ave.,  Philadelphia;  Francis  P. 
Wing,  Agent , Central  H'harf,  Boston;  Geo.  A.  Kilton,  Agent,  Ives  H'harf,  Provi- 
dence; A.  L.  Bongartz,  Agent,  Derrick  H'harf,  Fall  River. 

E.  B.  SAMPSON,  General  <)ranager,  89  State  Street,  Boston. 

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WM.  ALMY.  CHAS.  E.  ROGERSON. 

THEODORE  G.  BREWER. 

ALMY,  ROGERSON  &  BREMER, 

Cotton  Buyers  and  Brokers, 

No.  95   Water   Street, 
BOSTON. 


New  Bedford,  Mass.  Fall  River,  Mass. 


™    •    9 

(Branch  of  AMERICAN  SHUTTLE  CO.) 

TAUNTON,    MASS. 

™™ER  Shuttles  of  all  Descriptions, 


Also  SOLE    Manufacturer  of 


Dudley's  Patent  Double  Outside  Catch  Shuttles, 

The  ONLY  Double  Outside  Catch  Shuttle  Made. 

Advantages  over  All  Other  Styles  of  Shuttle  Catches: 

FIRST  —  It  is  impossible  for  the  Bobbin  to  Knock  Off  or  Lift  Up  while  the 
Shuttle  is  in  motion.  SECOND —  It  always  keeps  the  Bobbin  pointing  directly  to 
the  Eye  of  the  Shuttle.  THIRD  —  It  prevents  the  Splitting  of  Rims  off  of  Bobbins. 
FOURTH  —  It  is  adjustable  to  different  sized  Bobbin  Heads  in  the  same  Shuttle. 
FIFTH  —  It  never  gets  out  of  Repair.  Correspondence  Solicited. 


'  • 


THE 


BERRY  WHEEL 


Is  the  Standard  Fan  for  mov- 
ing air  and  everything  that 
floats  in  it. 


The    greatest    volume     of    air 
moved  with    the    least    power. 


.  HUM  BERRY, 

23  FIRST  STREET,         .     BOSTOX,  MJtSS. 


morley  Ring  travelers. 

SPINNING  and 

TWISTING 

TRAVELERS 

OF  EVERY  DESCRIPTION. 


MANUFACTURED  BY 


MORLEY  BUTTON  MFG,  CO,, 


68  ESSEX  STREET,       . 


BOSTON,  MASS. 


(84) 


ROYAL  P.  BARRY.  NATH  L  N.  T1IAYER. 

BARRY,  THAYER  &  CO. 

Cotton  Buyers 
and  Commission 
Merchants* 

AMERICAN  AND  PERUVIAN  COTTON. 

No*  60  Congress  Street,          Boston. 


Seaver,  Andem  &  Farwell, 
COTTON, 


26  Market  Square, 

PROVIDENCE,  R.  L 


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y. 

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KIMBALL,  HARRINGTON  &  OSBORNE 


Manufacturers. 
Dealers.      •    •  •  •        T^.      Importers. 


Ol  -S 


6   and    8    India   Square, 
Boston,   Mass.,  U.  S.  A. 


FRANK  E.  KIMBALL,  M.  E.  HARRINGTON, 

Formerly  of  Kimball,  Freed  &  Co.  Formerly  of  Harrington  &  Bradbury. 

H.  ROCKWELL  OSBORNE, 
Formerly  of  Waite,  Williams  &  Co. 


TALK 

may  not  convince  you  that 
our  rings  are  the  best  to  be 
had  to-day,  but  we  know  a 
trial  lot  will. 


It 's  the  Quality 

of  our  rings  that  has  built  up 
our  business. 


Whitinsville  Spinning  Ring  Co, 

Whitinsville,   Mass. 


'BEE  HIVE'    BRAND 

Felt  Roofing  Materials 

For  45  years  the  Standard. 


MANUFACTURED    BY    THE 


NEW  ENGLAND  FELT  ROOFING  WORKS, 

Office,  18  Post  Off  ice  Square,  BOSTON,  MASS. 


(88) 


Northrop  Loom 

Which  is  already  well-known  in  New 
Bedford.  Recent  improvements  make 
it  more  desirable  than  ever 


CORRESPONDENCE   SOLICITED;    CIRCULARS 
SENT  ON   APPLICATION. 


THE  DRAPER  COMPANY, 

HOPEDALE,   MASS. 


NEW    BEDFORD    TEXTILE   SCHOOL. 


W,  B.  SMITH  WHALEY  &  CO. 

Mechanical  and 
Mill  Engineers, 


IOI2  Tremont  Building, 
Boston,   Mass. 


1328   Main  Street, 
Columbia.   S.  C. 


OLYMPIA   COTTON    MILLS. 
The   Largest  Electric   Driven  Cotton   Mill   in  the  World. 


Engineers  of  the  following  electric  cotton  mills  and  power  plants 


OLYMPIA  .  .  . 
BUFFALO  .  .  . 
LANCASTER  .  . 
GRANBY  .  .  . 
GLEN  LORAY  . 
SENECA  .... 
DE  KALB  .  .  . 
INMAN  .  .  .  . 
CAPITAL  CITY  . 


6,000  Horse  Power. 

4,000  "  " 

2,000  "  " 

1,500  "  " 

I,2OO  "  " 

600  "  " 

600  "  " 

600  "  " 

300  "  " 


Electric   Driven   Mills   our  Specialty. 


CHRISTOPHER   P.   BROOKS,   M.  S.  A 
Managing  Director  New  Bedford  Textile  School. 


The  Name  of    ... 

"KITSON" 

Has  for  more  than  FIFTY  YEARS  stood 
for  all  that  is  best  in 

PICKER    CONSTRUCTION. 


Kitson  Machine  Go. 

LOWELL,   MASS. 

Builders  of 

PICKER  ROOM  MACHINERY 

For  Cotton  and  Waste. 


(94 


new  Bedford  Cextile  School. 


THE  INSTITUTION. 

The  New  Bedford  Textile  School  is  an  institution  for  imparting 
a  textile  technical  education,  especially  with  regard  to  cotton 
manufacturing,  which  is  made  a  special  feature.  The  School  was 
founded  by  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  and  the  City  of 
New  Bedford  and  is  in  the  hands  of  a  corporation  consisting  of 
prominent  citizens,  many  of  whom  are  practical  manufacturers. 

The  School  was  formally  opened  on  October  14,  1899,  an<^  ^n" 
struction  commenced  on  October  i6th.  The  students  in  the  day 
and  evening  departments  number  over  300  each  year. 


THE  BUILDING. 

The  New  Bedford  Textile  School  building  is  a  spacious  brick 
structure,  centrally  located  on  Purchase  street,  the  principal  busi- 
ness street  of  New  Bedford,  and  is  the  first  building  erected  ex- 
clusively for  the  purposes  of  a  textile  technical  school  in  the 
United  States. 

J* 

THE  CORPORATION. 

The  School  has  been  founded  under  a  special  act  of  the  State 
Legislature,  and  the  building  has  been  erected  and  equipped  from 


(95) 


THE 


WHITIN  MACHINE  WORKS 

WHITINSYILLE,  MASS, 


WHITIN  COMBER. 


BUILDERS 
OF 


Cotton 
Machinery 


SOUTHERN    AGENT, 

STUART  W.  CRAMER,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 

(96) 


appropriations  made  by  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  and 
the  City  of  New  Bedford.  The  Board  of  Trustees  includes  many 
of  the  leading  manufacturers  of  Massachusetts  who  are  especially 
interested  in  the  welfare  of  the  school  and  the  students.  The 
President  of  the  corporation  is  George  E.  Briggs,  the  Treasurer, 
Isaac  B.  Tompkins,  Jr.,  and  the  Clerk.  Robert  Burgess. 


STAFF  OF  INSTRUCTORS. 

The  School  staff  is  composed  of  practical  mill  men,  all  of  whom 
have  held  positions  as  superintendent,  overseer,  or  other  place  of 
responsibility  in  mills.  C.  I'.  Brooks,  M.  S.  A.,  is  the  Managing 
Director  of  the  school. 


MACHINERY 

There  is  no  textile  technical  school  in  the  world  which  has  so 
wide  a  variety  of  cotton  mill  machinery  in  its  equipment,  and  this 
feature  of  the  school  may  be  pronounced  as  being  almost  perfect 
for  the  purpose  of  a  technical  school  which  is  to  be  devoted  ex- 
clusively to  the  teaching  of  cotton  manufacturing.  Almost  every 
maker  of  cotton  machinery  in  the  United  States  is  represented  in 
the  school,  together  with  several  English  builders,  giving  the 
student  an  admirable  opportunity  of  becoming  acquainted  with 
machines  varied  in  construction,  although  utilized  for  performing 
the  same  work. 


(97) 


JEWELL  BELTING  CO. 


TANNERS  OF 


Oak  Belting  Leather 


MANUFACTURERS  OF 

SHORT     LAP     OAK     LEATHER     BELTING. 


,    OOIMIM. 


ESTABLISHED     1825. 


The  D,  T,  Dudley  &  Son  Go, 


MANUFACTURERS 
...OF... 


Shuttles  and 
Shuttle  Irons, 

Office  and  Factory,  WILKINSONVILLE,  MASS. 


(98) 


The  machinery  is  sufficiently  complete  to  enable  the  raw  cotton 
to  be  manipulated  in  the  school  at  the  several  processes  until  it 
becomes  a  woven  fabric ;  in  fact,  there  is  a  sufficient  surplus  of 
machinery  of  the  more  important  kinds  to  enable  independent  ex- 
periments to  be  conducted  by  the  students,  under  the  direction  of 
the  instructors. 

The  student  thus  has  the  opportunity  of  acquainting  himself 
with  the  construction  and  operation  of  such  machines  as  he  may 
come  in  contact  with  later  in  assuming  a  position  in  a  mill,  to- 
gether with  the  setting  of  the  same  and  calculations  connected 
therewith. 

The  knowledge  that  he  obtains  is  not  confined,  as  in  some 
schools,  to  any  one  make  of  machinery,  and  he  thus  becomes  a 
more  valuable  officer  to  any  firm  securing  his  services  after 
graduating,  and  owing  to  this  wider  knowledge,  has  a  much  better 
opportunity  of  securing  a  position. 

The  machinery  and  plant  was  installed  from  plans  of  Managing 
Director  C.  P.  Brooks,  and  under  his  supervision. 

Instruction  is  given  both  in  the  day  and  evening.  The  day 
courses  are  intended  to  qualify  suitable  students  to  hold  positions 
of  responsibility  in  textile  manufacturing  and  allied  establishments. 
Moderate  fees  are  charged  for  these  courses. 

Evening  instruction,  similar  to  the  day  courses,  on  the  same 
machinery  and  by  the  same  teachers,  is  given  for  the  benefit  of 
workers  in  mills  and  machine  shops  who  cannot  spare  the  time 
or  money  for  day  courses.  In  the  evening  classes  instruction  will 
be  given  in  sections  so  as  to  give  the  greatest  possible  facilities  to 
mill  workers  to  obtain  such  instruction  as  they  may  require. 


(99) 


FULLER  (RON  WORKS, 

Iron  Founders 
and  Machinists, 

PROVIDENCE,  R.  I. 


ALLKINDSOF 


IMPROVED  UPRIGHT  SPOOLERS 

TO  SPOOL  FROM   COP,SKEIN,  OR  BOBBIN 


WM.  S.  HILLS  CO 

Flour,  Feed, 

IO9  Chamber  of  Commerce, 

BOSTON. 


(too) 


The  cotton  mill  as  usually  conducted  is  not  particularly  adapted 
for  giving  a  young  man  a  technical  education.  It  is  an  enterprise 
for  making  yarns  and  goods  rather  than  developing  overseers  or 
superintendents.  In  fact,  for  a  combination  of  reasons,  a  young 
man  often  finds  difficulty  in  obtaining  all  the  information  that  he 
desires  in  a  mill,  while  the  management  is  often  inconvenienced  by 
his  desire  to  gain  experience. 

The  opposite  is  the  case  where  the  primary  object  of  the  lec- 
turers and  instructors  is  to  instill  all  the  information  possible,  and 
there  can  be  no  doubt  but  that  two  years  judiciously  spent  in  the 
Xew  Bedford  school  are  equal  to  five  years  of  aimless  wandering 
from  department  to  department  in  a  mill,  without  any  settled  plan 
of  procedure,  or  without  the  guiding  influence  of  instructors. 

There  is  no  one  mill  in  which  there  is  so  large  a  variety  of 
machinery  as  in  the  New  Bedford  Textile  School.  This  conse- 
quently affords  the  student  a  better  opportunity  of  becoming  ac- 
quainted with  various  machines  and  methods  than  could  be  found 
in  one  manufacturing  establishment. 


DAY  COURSES  OF  INSTRUCTION. 

The  principal  course  of  instruction  in  the  school  is  No.  i :  The 
General  Cotton  Manufacturing  Course. 

This  is  the  most  comprehensive  and  valuable  of  any  of  the 
courses  in  the  school  and  is  intended  to  give  a  student  a  general 
knowledge  of  all  the  cotton  manufacturing  processes  and  suffi- 
ciently specific  and  complete  information  to  qualify  him  to  hold  a 


(101) 


The  Standard  and  Heavy  Duty 

CORLISS  ENGINES. 


BUILT    BY    THE 


FILER  &  STOWELL  CO., 

MILWAUKEE,  WIS. 


T.  W.  PHILLIPS,  Mgr.  Eastern  Dept.  H.  J.  JOHNSON,  Eng'r. 


Union  Railroad  Co.,  Providence,  R.  I.,  .  2000  H.  P. 

Manville  Co.,  Manville,  R.  I.,          .             .  .       •  1000 

Draper  Company,     .              .              .  '   .  1200 

General  Electric  Co.,  Lynn,  Mass.,              .  (Vertical)  800 

Rhode  Island  Suburban  R'y  Co.,  Providence,  R.  I.,  6000 

Pierce  Mfg.  Corp.,  New  Bedford,  Mass.,    .  .  1000 

Social  Mfg.  Co.,  Woonsocket,  R.  I.,            .  .  500 

Milford,  Attleboro   &   Woonsocket  St.  R'y  Co., 

Union ville,  Mass.,         .             .             .  .  900 


OFFICES: 

4  Market   Square,  Providence,  R.  L 


(102) 


position  as  superintendent  of  a  cotton  spinning  and  weaving  mill, 
or  other  responsible  position.     It  is  a  three  years  course. 

It  has  been  found  that  there  is  a  demand  for  optional  courses 
and  the  following  five  alternative  courses  have  been  arranged. 

No.  2.  Yarn  Mill  Superintendent's  Course. 

No.  3.  Plain  Weave  Mill  Superintendent's  Course. 

No.  4.  Designer's  Course. 

No.  5.  Mill  Engineer's  Course. 

No.  6.  Dry  Goods  Commission  House  Course. 

Courses  number  four  and  five  are  intended  to  be  two  year 
courses.  Courses  number  two,  three  and  six  are  intended  to  be 
completed  in  one  year. 

Candidates  for  enrollment  who  are  in  doubt  as  to  their  ultimate 
occupation,  or  what  position  to  prepare  themselves  for  are  strongly 
recommended  to  study  the  General  Cotton  Manufacturing  Course. 
A  catalogue  is  published  by  the  school  which  will  be  mailed  free 
on  application,  and  which  gives  full  particulars  as  to  topics  of 
instructions,  fees,  entrance  requirements,  equipment  of  the  school, 
etc.  It  may  be  had  on  application  to 

C.  P.  BROOKS, 

Managing  Director. 
New  Bedford  Textile  School, 
New  Bedford,  Mass. 


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EVAN  ARTHUR  LEIGH, 

(Successor  to  E.  A.  LEIGH  &  Co.) 

35-36   Mason   Building,   Boston,    Mass. 

U.    S.    A. 

Importer  of  Textile  Machinery, 


Etc. 


Sole  Agent  for  the  United  States  and  Canada  for 

PLATT  BROS.  &  CO.  (Ltd.) 

of  Oldham,   England, 

By  Far  the  Largest  Makers  in  the  World  of 

Cotton,  Woolen  and  Worsted  Machinery. 

By  the  use  of  Platt's  Cotton  Machinery,  for  either 
fine  or  coarse  work,  a  larger  production  of  better 
quality  can  be  obtained  at  less  cost. 


Sole  Makers  of  Brown's  Patent  Carding  Engines  for  Wool — gives 

woolen  yarn  a  worsted  appearance. 

New  Patent  Noble  Comb  —  increased  production,  better  work. 
Special  Machinery  for  making  English  and  French  Worsted  Yarns. 
Special  Machinery  for  making  Cotton  Waste  into  Yarns. 
Sykes'  Card  Clothing  for  cotton,  Critchley's    Card    Clothing   for 

woolen  and  worsted. 

Dronsfield's  Grinding  Machinery  and  Emery  Filleting. 
Also  supplies  for  above  machinery  kept  in  stock. 

Looms  for  All  Classes  of  Work. 

Mather  &  Platt's  Dyeing  and  Finishing  Machinery. 
Archbutt-Deeley  System  for  Purifying  and  Softening  Water. 


MACHINE  WORKS 


TAUNTON,    MASS. 


Cotton  machinery. 


Cards,  Combers, 

Lappers,   Railway    Heads, 

Drawing   Frames,  Spinning 

Frames,  Mules  and 

Looms. 


(106) 


Saco  ""I  Pettee  Machine  Shops 

NEWTON  UPPER  FALLS,  MASS.,  U.S.A. 

Cotton  Machinery. 


Pickers,  Spinning  Frames, 

Revolving  Flat  Cards,        Stubbing, 
Railway  Heads,       Intermediate  and  Roving  Frames, 
Drawing  Frames,  Spoolers, 


WORKS : 

Biddeford,   Maine. 
Newton  Upper  Falls,  Mass. 


(108) 


Woonsocket  Reed  and  Shuttle  Works 

WOONSOCKET,   R.   I. 


MANUFACTURERS  OF 


SHUTTLES  FOR  POWER  LOOM  WEAVING. 

FIRST-CLASS  WORK    GUARANTEED. 

Owners  of  the  Ishenvood  Patents.  Write  for  Catalogue. 


JOHN  SHAMBOW.  Treas..  297  North  Main  St. 

E.    DE   F.   WILKINSON   CO. 

(SUCCESSORS  TO  GEORGE  BRIDGE) 
IMPORTER  AND   MANUFACTURER  OF 

Calico  Printers*  «« 
engravers'  Supplies, 


<o  i-i  A  IM  G  E:     F 

PROVIDENCE,    R.   I. 


Cable  Address:  "Wilkinson  Providence."    ABC  Code  Used. 
P.  O.  Box  154.     Telephone  Connection. 

(no) 


GEO.  LEACH, 

Engineer  and   Architect, 

BUTLER    EXCHANGE, 

PROVIDENCE,  R.  I. 


MILL  LIGHTING 
OUR  SPECIALTY. 


G.   M.  ANGIER  CO., 
Boston,   Mass. 

ELLIOT  CLOTH  FOLDER  &  MEASURER 

FOR 

Cotton  ana  Gingham  mills, 
Blcacbcrics,  Print  Klork$,  etc. 

MANUFACTURED    BY 

El  L,  l_  I  O  T     &     HAI-I-, 

Worcester,   Mass. 


C.  M.  BLAISDELL,  Prest.  and  Treas.  G.  A   BLAISOELL,  Vice-Prest.  and  Sec'y. 

Established  I860  —  Incorporated   1893. 

$.  BLAISDELL,  Jr.  CO. 

Egyptian  COTTON  Peruvian 

AMERICAN    LONG    STAPLE   A    SPECIALTY. 


Shipments  direct  to  mill  from  Egypt,  Peru 
and  all  American  Southern  Points. 

Waste  purchased  from  cotton  mills  on  yearly  contract. 

CHICOPEE,    MASS. 

WM.  A.  CHAPMAN.       WILLIAM  CHAPMAN.        C.  H.  HATHAWAY. 

W.  A.  CHAPMAN  &  CO. 

General  Contractors, 

SPECIALTIES:     Mills,   Dams,  Electric 
Power    Houses. 

Office:  INDUSTRIAL  TRUST  COMPANY'S  BUILDING, 

49    Westminster    Street, 
P~ROVIDENCE,   R.  I. 

F.  P.  SHELDON, 
MILL  ENGINEER, 

PROVIDENCE,   R.   I. 


DONE  WORK  FOR  THE  FOLLOWING: 

Wamsutta  Mills,  Pierce  Mfg.  Co.,  Grinnell  Mfg.  Co.,  Bristol  Mfg. 

Co.,  Acushnet  Mills,  Hathaway  Mills,  Dartmouth   Mills, 

City   Mfg.  Co ,  Potomska    Mills,    New    Bedford 

Mfg.    Co.,    Union    Street    Railway. 

("4) 


SIZINGS,  SOFTENERS  and  FINISHES, 


Gloy  Warp  Size. 
Soluble  Grease. 

Finishing   Pastes. 
Giant  Gum. 


Starch  Softeners. 
Soluble  Oil. 

Printing  Gums. 
Mucilage. 


THE   ARABOL  MFG.  CO., 


155  WILLIAM   ST.,   NEW  YORK. 


The  Largest  Textile 

Mills  in 
New     England     Use 


LEVIATHAN  BELTING, 


For  Dye  Houses  and 
Bleacheries  and  all 
Mills  and  Manufac- 
tories where  the 
effects  of  Moisture, 
Heat,  Cold,  Weather 
Conditions  and  of 
work  have  to  be  con- 
sidered, we  ask  atten- 
tion to  our  record. 


IVIAIIM     BEIL-TING    GOIVIF= 

(ESTABLISHED  1881.) 
120   PEARL   STREET,   BOSTON. 


•A.IMY, 


Philadelphia. 


Chicago. 


Buffalo. 


Belting  from  i   inch  to  24  inches  wide,  carried  in 
stock  at  all  times. 


NEW  BEDFORD  TEXTILE  SCHOOL.     (Warp  Preparation  Department.) 


The  National  Shawmut  Bank 

OF     BOSTOIM. 

6O  Congress  St.,  cor.  Water. 


Capital  ,  ,  ,  ,  , $3,000,000,00 

Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits  ,  ,    2,000,000,00 

Officers. 

JAMES  P.  STEARNS  ....  President 
E.  HAYWARD  PERRY  .  Vice-Presidcnt 
FRANK  H.  KARHOUR  .  .  .  Cashier 
WALLACE  S.  DRAPER  .  Asst.  Cashier 
HENRY  F.  SMITH  Asst.  Cashier 


Accounts  of  Banks,  Bankers,  Trustees  and  Individuals  solicited. 

BOSSON  &  LANE, 

Dye  Stuffs,  Chemicals,  Aniline  Colors, 

MANUFACTURERS    OF 

B.    &    L.    AntisChlorine,    (cotton    bleaching). 
Alizarine  Assistant,  Turkey  Red  Oil. 
Soluble  Oils,  Castor  Soap  Oil. 
Olo  Soffene,  a  superior  cotton  softener. 
Bi==Sulphite  of  Soda.     Extract  of  Fustic. 
Wool  Size  for  sizing  worsted  and  woolen  warps. 
Sizing  Compounds  for  cotton  goods. 
Klay  Finish  for  weighting  and  finishing  wook.1 
goods  of  all  grades. 


36    CENTRAL    WHARF,     BOSTO  N. 


FIVE  CENT  SAVINGS  BANK 


J.  O.  DRAPER  &  CO. 

MANUFACTURERS    OF   THE 

Olive  Oil  and  English  Fig  Soap 

For  washing  wool,  woolen,  worsted  and  silk  goods. 


WHITE    CHIPPED    SOAP, 

For  print  works  and  laundries. 


Palm  Oil,  Bleaching,  Fulling  and  Scouring  Soaps  for  All  Factory  Uses. 

Also   Family  and  Toilet  Soaps. 

PAWTUCKET,  R.  I. 

C.  S.  LUITWIELEK,   Treasurer. 

The  Sewing  Machine  Supplies  Co. 

Needles  and  Manufacturers'  Findings, 


*ra?ches-  r  170-172  KINGSTON  ST, 

Brockton  :  84  Center  St. 

London  :  8  Finsbury  Square. 

Glasgow:  1 60  London  St.  BOSTON,    U.S.A. 

Leicester :  46  King  St. 

Buenos  Aires:  431  Chacabuco. 


CHARLES    RIVER    IRON    WORKS, 

Edward   Kendall    &  Sons, 

MANUFACTURERS  OF  HORIZONTAL  AND  UPRIGHT 

STEAM   BOILERS 

and    Plate   Iron  Work  of  every  description. 

End  of  West  Boston  Bridge, 

Established  1860.  CAMBRIDGEPORT,  Mass, 


INDEX  TO  ADVERTISERS  AND  COMMERCIAL  VIEWS, 

I'AGF.. 

Almy,  Rogerson  &   Bremer 82 

American  Bridge  Co 6g 

American  Card  Clothing   Co i 

American  Loan  &  Trust  Co 14 

American  Moistening  Co 16 

A  merican  Oil  Co Ho 

Angler  &  Co 112 

Arabol  Mfg.  Co 1 16 

Arnold,  Hoffman  &  Co 30 

Ashley  &  Pierce 10 

Atherton  Machine  Co Inside  back  cover 

Barbour-Stockwell  Co 12 

Barry,  Thayer  &  Co H6 

Beebe,  Lucius  &  Co 7* 

Berry  &  Kerguson 52 

Berry,  A.  Hun 84 

Bishop,   J.  W.   Co 74 

Blaisdell,  S.,  Jr.  &  Co 114 

Borden  &  Remington 28 

Bosson  &  Lane 1 1 S 

Boston  &  Philadelphia  S.  S.  Co 80 

Carter,  Carter  &  Meigs 30 

Chadwick  Lead  Works 24 

Chapman,  W.  A 114 

Chapman  Valve  Mfg.  Co 26 

Charles  River  Iron  Works 120 

(CiTY  OFFICALS  were  photographed  for  this  book  by  O'NEIL.) 

Deming,  R.  H.  &  Co .' ^ 

I  >raper  &  Co 90 

Driscoll,  Church  &   Hall... -~,7 

Dudley,  S.  A 82 

Draper,  J.  0 120 

Easton  &  Burnham  Machine  Co 100 

Kastern  Drug  Co 20 

Elliot  &  Hall1 112 

Knnis  &  Stoppani 28 

Kvan    Arthur  Leigh 104 

Fidelity  &  Deposit  Co  of  Maryland 14 

First  National  Bank 51 

H/eCent  Savings  Bank  Building 119 

^Fournier  &  Nicholson's  Planing  Mill,  Bowditch  St.,  View  of  omitted, 
as  plate  not  at  hand  on  going  to  press.) 

Frost  &  Adams  Co 28 

Fuller  Iron  Works 100 

Fyans,  Frasier  &  Klackaway 74 

Carfield  &  Proctor  Coal  Co 48-49 

C.inn  &  Co 38 

Globe  Gas  Light  Co 44 

H  ale  ( Jalloup  &  Co 20 

Hall,  Frederick  S 42 

Hallett   Brothers ; 3"> 

Harris,  A.  W.,  Oil  Co 74 

Hartford  Steam  Boiler  Inspection  &  Insurance  Co 6 

Hatch  &  Co.'s  Express 30 

Hatl  away,  Soule  &  Harrington 61 

Ha/.ard  Cotton  Mfg.  Co 72 

Hill,    las.,  Mfg.  Co 70 

H  ills,  Wm.  S 100 

Holmes,  Blanchard  &  Co 14 

Hopkins,  George  J.  Estate '. 24 

Howard  &  Bullough  Am.  Machine  Co 3 

International  Shirt  &  Collar  Co 10 

Jenckes,  E.,  Mfg.  Co 5 

Jewell  Belting  Co 98 

K  itson  Machine  Co 94 

Kimball,  Harrington  &  Osborne 88 

(122) 


PAGE. 

Leach,  Geo 112 

Lowell  Machine  Shop 5 

Rnaine  Belting  Co 116 

Mason  Machine  Works 106 

Masonic  Building 121 

Maynard,  Merrill  &  Co 32 

Merchants'  National  Bank 15 

Merriam,  G.  &  C.  &  Co 22 

Morley  Button  Manufacturing  Co 84 

Morse  Twist  and  Machine  Co 47 

National  Ring  Traveler  Co 80 

New  Bedfo  d  Copper  Works  Co 65 

N.  E.  Felt  Roofing  Co 88 

O'Neil,  John 53 

Pairpoint  Manufacturing  Co 63 

Prar g  Educational  Co 38 

Perry ,  George  S.  Co 40 

Phinney ,  H.  A 24 

(PHOTOGRAPHS  of  City  Officials  in  this  book  by  O'NEIL.) 

Poor,  H.  W.  &  Co 22 

Potter,  William  F.  &  Co $g 

Preble,  William  H 42 

Providence  Machine  Co 76 

Riley,  C.  E.  &  Co 2 

Remington,  D.  &  Sons 72 

Reynolds,  F.  W.  &  Co 78 

Rogers,  V.  A .  &  Co 40 

Saco  &  Pettee  Machine  Shops 108 

Salem  Foundry  and  Machine  Co 78 

Sanford  &  Kelley 55 

Seaver,  Andem  &  Farwell 86 

Sewing  Machine  Supplies  Co 120 

Shaw,  E.  M 36 

Shawmut  National  Bank 118 

Shelden,  F.  P 114 

Shewell,  Thomas  R.  &  Co 38 

Sibley  &  Ducker 32 

Silver,  P.urdett  &  Co 40 

Soule,  Allen  P 26 

Stoddard,  Haserick,  Richards  &  Co .front  inside  cover 

Storey,  J.  C.  &  Co 52 

Swift  &  Grime 42 

The  Cornelius  Callahan  Co 24 

The  I).  T.  Dudley  &  Sons  Co. 98 

The  Filer  &  Stowell  Engine  Co 102 

The  Fuller  &  Warren  Warming  and  Ventilating  Co 50 

The  Kehew-Bradley  Company 20 

The  Metallic  Drawing  Roll  Co 8 

The  New  England  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Co 18 

The  Peck  Bros.  &  Co 50 

The  Prang  Educational  Co 38 

The  Roebling  Construction  Co 34 

The  Benjamin  F.  Smith  Co 12 

Thompson,  Brown  &  Co 37 

U niversal  Winding  Co 70 

U.  S.  Bobbin  and  Shuttle  Co 52 

Vacuum  Oil  Co 46 

Vermilye  &  Company   34 

Victor  Shaw  Ring  Traveler  Co 36 

iH»  ashbum,  H.  T 44 

Whaley,  W.  P,.  Smith  &  Co 92 

Wheelock,  I.ovejuy  &  Co 46 

Whitin  Machine  Works back  outside  cover  and  96 

Whitinsville  Spinning  Ring  Co XX 

Wilkinson,   E.  De.  F no 

Wing,  J.  &  W.  R 67 

Woonsocket  Reed  and  Shuttle  Co no 


Compliments  of 

JA         fl  O  \A7  Pi  F"  V  Incorporated  1900. 

.     M.     \J\J  VV  LJ  C.  Y  ,  Established  1834. 

Reed  and  harness  mtg.  Co. 

Manufacturer  of  all  kinds  of  Loom  Reeds,  also  dealers  in 

Harnesses  and  Mill  Supplies. 
AO  CLIFFORD  STREET,  PROVIDENCE,   R.   I. 

COOK-VIVIAN  COMPANY, 

Paper  Warehouse, 

183  to  193  CONGRESS  STREET,  .  .  BOSTON. 

DAVIES,.  PAYSON  &  CO.  A.  cuD^S&toco. 

...  CLOTHING  ... 

80  SUMMER  STREET, BOSTON. 

Jas.  H.  Stetson,  Pres.   Alfred  H.  Jones,  Vice-  Pres.    Frederick  L.  Walker,  'J'reas. 
Directors,  Chas.  D.  Mather,  Wm.  E.  Worcester. 

WALKER,  STETSON  CO. 

ESSEX  and   LINCOLN  STS.,   BOSTON. 

Manufacturer  and  Importer.      //Aft  AH    Attd    77 1 A  A! 
All  Work  Guaranteed.  ^OIlVJO    allU    W 001 

Hackles,  Gills,  Fallers  and  Porcupines.      Tentering  Tin  Plates.      Dealer  in  the 
best  English  and  American  Cast  Steel  Pins  and  Comber  Needles. 

Cotton  Combs  Neatly  Re-Needled. 
THOMAS  TOWNSEND,  157  Orange  St.,  Providence,  R.  |. 

Lowe's  Galv.  Iron  Oil  Cabinet,  Manufactured by 

S.  C.   LOWE,   New   Bedford,   Mass. 

Manufacturer  of  Mill  Specialties,  Comber  Needling  and  dealer  in  Mill  Supplies. 
Geo.  W.  Slade.  E.  B.  Lake.  B.  S.  C.  Gifford. 

MIEN        Ql   ADC      ft      OH  Wholesale  Grocers  and 

HLLLlli     OLAUL     Ob     UUi,  Commission  Merchants, 

Bedford  St.,  Second  St.  and   Market  Sq., 
Coffee  Roasters  and  Spice  Grinders.  FALL  RIVER,    MASS. 

WILLARD  N.  CHAMBERLAIN, 

Receiver    of  Nelson    Morris    &"   Co1* 


[  Mutton,  Lamb  and  Veal,  also  Rolls,  Butts,  Strips,  Shoulders  and  Tongues. 
115-125  CLINTON  STREET,   BOSTON. 

PLEASE   SHIP   GOODS 

by  the   only   independent    ALLEN'S    Boston    and     New     Bedford 

Express.      Offices:  77   Kingston,   32   Court   Square,  105  Arch,   67    Franklin, 
15  Devonshire,  is  Merchants  Row,  20  Broad  Street,  Boston.      Telephone  2936. 
EDWIN  ALLEN,  Proprietor,  20  Broad  St.,  Boston. 

Office,  New  Bedford,  149  Purchase  Street. 


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Picking  Machinery 

Made  by 

THE  A,  T,  ATHERTON  MACHINE  GO, 

PAWTUCKET,   R.   I. 


WHITINSV1LLE,  MASS. 


OF 


Cards,   Sliver  Lap    Machines,    Ribbon 

Lap  Machines,  Combers,  Railway  Heads, 

Drawing  Frames,  Spinning  Frames, 

Spoolers,  Twisters,  Reels,  Long 

Chain  QusHSng    Machines, 

Looms,  Etc.,  Etc, 


SOUTHERN  AGENT: 

STUART  W.  CRAMER,  CHARLOTTE,  N.  C. 


